Arrived in Lowestoft yesterday afternoon after a 33 hour passage down from Whitby. We had to motor most of the time threading our way through a wind farm, across the traffic scheme of the Humber and finally persuading the wind to permit us a tight fetch down the Norfolk coast. On Monday, after 1300 miles since setting out, I enjoyed my first decent beam reach on course, from Hartlepool to Whitby. Today we are heading for Brightlingsea and then on Friday round to my birthplace, Leigh on Sea. All being well we shall take the early flood up to London on Saturday morning. If we achieve that, Shearwater will have done us proud. Tower Bridge here we come.